Realizing a couple things...
 

So in trying to pin down why my binging is spiking lately I've realized a few things that are important to my maintenance program that are a little surprising to me. We are all aware of the common important parts of our plan - our calorie level, planning ahead, exercise, etc., etc.

But something that is really important to me is being excited about my food and when I get bored I start to stray and my binging tendancies increase. I need to change my foods almost monthy, but finding new recipies can be hard. I also need to be excited on a nutritional level, like knowing that certain foods are going to fuel my next workout or run. I am much more committed to my plan when I eat for sustanance.

It is also really important that I eat s.l.o.w.l.y. I mean literally take like an hour to eat my food so that my brain has time to register that I've eaten and am no longer hungry. This helps a lot with bordom eating at work.

So I'm curious what kinds of things that people wouldn't normally think of that are imperative to your maintenance success?

Like you say eating slowly, and i just found that i have to weight every day.
Also if I exercise I am a lot more careful whit what I eat.